THE SATANIC FOOTPRINT

Repetitive allegations about past cases of child abuse which pro-SRAMists (SRAM = Satanic Ritual Abuse Myth; 'pro-SRAMists' = those who believe in the existence of Satanic Ritual Abuse) uncover has become a constant feature of attempts to perpetuate the idea of SRAM.

It has taken this route in the U.S.A. and it seems that a permanent controversy over these cases is in view for the U.K. leaving the way open for a continuous debate within which personal prejudices and religious bigotry can manifest.

There was an urgent need to prepare a technique to quickly analyse and validate such claims and the Satanic Footprint is the result.

The difficulty is that answering these type of allegations is virtually impossible for any discussion becomes fundamentally circular. If there were any REAL proof that SRAM existed the debate would automatically end. Therefore we are dealing with arguments from the convinced and the arena of argument is specified using values which are culturally biased therefore any attempt to explain alternative perspectives is doomed to sound apologetic, unconvincing or paltry.

Before responding to the allegations it is essential to ask the pro-SRAMists to substantiate aspects which must apply to ALL such cases but which have until now not been adequately addressed, thereby scoping a balanced arena of argument. These questions are:

• (i) Why do they do it?
  What are Satanists supposed to gain?
  The pro-SRAMist needs to explain and prove a detailed strategy and philosophy related to the religious proclivities of Satanism which have some cohesive direction and aim. They have consistently been unable to define that perspective let alone prove it
• (ii) Why do the antics of perpetrators in the cases produced by the pro-SRAMists appear so inconsistent to occult historians and not resemble the known liturgy or methods of Satanists? E.G.

  (a)Satanists don't use Ouija Boards (see Hazel Paul case 1988) for these are used by Spiritists and mediums; the device was developed in Germany as late as the 19c and therefore antedate the known Satanic Tradition.

  (b) There is a whole demonology of Biblical Spirits (penned and described by obsessed Christian pedants) but these are not used by Satanists and NO GENUINE Satanic Intelligences (as known and taught by the tradition)appear in these cases. Especially not one called Santamas (See Reginald Harris Case 1990) nor Asmodeus (See McKenzie case 1989) so presumably Harris and McKenzie knew nothing about genuine Occultism/Satanism and made it all up; hence were not REAL Satanists.

  (c) Asmodeus or Asmoday is one of the 72 intelligences of the Lemegeton and first appears in a 17c source manuscript. Supposedly the original work and knowledge of the Judaic King Solomon. This book therefore concerns WHITE magick not 'black' and none of the Goetic Intelligences are Satanic. However even if we deign to believe in the existence of Asmoday, then he/she/it has nothing to do with Lechery and Debauchery as was claimed in the McKenzie case but is indicated in the grimoires as conferring the innocuous arts of Arithmetic, Astronomy, Geometry and Handicrafts. In short McKenzie knew nothing of genuine occultism.

  All the cases so far presented have one thing in common to the eye of an accomplished genuine occultist. They are BOGUS. The people concerned were NOT genuine occultists. Their knowledge is suspect; their actions inconsistent with the needs of traditional ritual workings; their trappings confuse traditions and no known, firm or lasting connections within the occult sub-culture or erstwhile Satanic accomplices have ever been found.

• (iii) Why is it that no perpetrators have subsequently admitted to Satanic involvement after the trial? Why haven't the abusers in the Broxtowe case admitted that they were Satanists? Surely these people would respond to pressure, persuasion or even offers of money or reduced sentences? Why has every pro-SRAMist interviewed their victims but without exception never bothered to interview the perpetrators? Why did the father of Andrew Newel, quoted by the Cook Report as a Satanist, complain to Central TV that his son had never termed himself a satanist and maintains that stance in prison to this day?
• (iv) Why is so called Satanic Abuse conceived as being more dangerous and damaging than similar tortures and abuses perpetrated on children in a non-Satanic situation and why must we treat it differently to 'normal' child abuse?
• (v) What is the difference between Ritual Abuse and Satanic Abuse?
• (vi) What is the difference between Ritual Abuse and 'normal' abuse?
• (vii) Why do several cases a year with inconclusive links to occultism signify a problem which demands immediate government and police action when there are currently over 5,000 cases of incest-related abuse which occur yearly? There is no sense of proportion here. This in itself indicates mild hysteria.
• (viii) If we accept the assertions of the pro-SRAMists as being correct, what are we going to do with people who are convicted of Satanic Abuse, how are we going to treat them and how different will this treatment be to that given to normal offenders? Who will treat them and why?
• (ix) How does half a dozen cases, unconnected by time or place,which involve Ouija Board Sessions, the use of a wand and the attribution of spurious occult names provide proof that there is a pan-global network of Satanists intent on kidnapping, raping, abusing, aborting, murdering, skinning and eating children?

N.B.("...the details do appear to be very similar across the world. If children all over the world are giving you identical details of bizarre abuse either you have an international conspiracy of toddlers, which seems unlikely, or you have something rather more organised on an adult bias" - Tim Tate, CookReport Researcher, Outlook Programme, World Service 19.9.89.

In short the allegations that the children are supposedly making and the known cases DO NOT CO-INCIDE. The content is different. Pro-SRAMists are trying to fit the horrors of child fantasies into cases which have no such indications or crimes.

THE SATANIC FOOTPRINT:

We have coined the term Satanic Footprint to represent the totality of pro-SRAMist thinking. Previously pro-SRAMists have dipped into a lucky-dip of evil atrocities which humans have committed and plucked out random examples which seem to convince us of one particular aspect of their argument. Although many individual pro-SRAMists have attempted profiles or 'indicators' of Satanic Abuse and Satanic Crime all of these rely upon individual elaboration supposition and interpretation and most such attempts differ considerably in major assertions.

However there IS a caucus of agreement in their ranks and it is from this that we have built the Satanic Footprint. It seems obvious that the best way of clearing the confusion and eradicating or proving any known cases or set of suspicious circumstances, is to profile a Satanic Footprint which can then be compared with pro-SRAMist cases and given an objective 'score' which would indicate the level of validity of the case.

Before the Satanic Footprint pro-SRAMists conducted a catch-as-catch-can argument ducking and weaving between the listeners' ignorance. By providing the Satanic Footprint we have a datum by which opinion gives way to known facts and evidence whoever the listeners are. Research by the SAFF into the frequency and scope of pro-SRAMist allegations reveals certain specific claims which are definite crimes not open to interpretation and upon which all pro-Sramists agree

These become: THE SATANIC FOOTPRINT: and consist of:

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them.
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and  eat human body parts.
Satanists Murder children and  adults.
Satanists Cage or imprison victims.
Satanists Kill and  torture Animals.
Satanists forcibly induce abortions.
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults.
Satanists Threaten victims and  use post hypnotic commands.
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims.
Satanists force victims into prostitution.
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling.
Satanists force victims into crime.
Satanists desecrate churches and  graveyards.
Satanists kidnap victims.
Satanists conspire to reduce society to Anarchy so that they can take over.

Additionally there are peripheral claims which ARE NOT crimes in themselves but which are
thought by Pro-SRAMists to signify Satanic involvement in cases of suspected 'regular'
child abuse.


NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS:
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes.
Satanists dance strange dances to music.
Satanists use magic circles.
Satanists keep snakes.
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies.
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and Woods.
Satanists use candles.
Satanists use strange symbols and signs.
Satanists keep their activities secret.

Before we begin to draw conclusions from these tables it is necessary to make clear that no pro-SRAMist has insisted that ALL these indicators and Satanic Footprint Crimes will occur in every single case, but research and analytical logic shows that the chances of a case being correctly diagnosed as SATANIC increase with the incidence of these indicators. This is PRECISELY the logic that individual pro-SRAMists themselves used when attempting to gain support by presenting their own list of 'indicators' to the social services and therapeutic professions. The great difference here is that the Satanic Footprint does not rely upon interpretation of testimony from adult or child 'survivors' but on the objective analysis off actual occurrences.

CONCLUSIONS:
Firstly it immediately becomes obvious that, unlike the Satanic Footprint itself, the complete list of Non Criminal Indications is entirely dependent upon the INTERPRETATION of the circumstances by the observer and that every one of the indications is ambiguous and may occur independently of any Satanic Involvement.

Additionally any number of permutations of these indicators may produce the same ambiguity in a genuine situation (for example, in the ceremonies of many unorthodox beliefs or minority cultures) and also unintentionally in, say, a fancy dress party. Secondly the Satanic Footprint itself contains sixteen serious crimes which the pro-SRAMists have universally attributed to Satanism. Yet only the first two of these crimes are EXCLUSIVELY Satanic. The rest are not dependent upon links with Satanism and occur repetitively throughout all societies from motivations which have nothing to do with Satanism.

Therefore it is plain that, using the standards provided by the pro-SRAMists themselves, the only irrefutable indication of a SATANIC crime will occur when one or other (or both) of the first two conditions in the Satanic Footprint have been satisfied. If this is not the case, then statistics and prior experience show that the rest of the crimes in the Satanic Footprint have a greater than even chance of being attributable to 'normal' criminal activity and having nothing whatsoever to do with Satanism.

In short, for the pro-SRAMists to establish the existence of and persue the prosecution of a definite and separate genre of Satanic Crime/Abuse (i.e. crime/abuse that results directly and solely from the liturgy of Satanism and which must therefore be treated entirely independently and separately from Crimes resulting from any other 'regular' human motivational source) cases must be found or uncovered which meet those first two conditions in the Satanic Footprint.

Additionally, the Satanic Footprint provides a profile with which to gauge the reliability and validity of past court cases and put a stop to the endless interpretation and argument over whether a case was a genuine case of Satanic Abuse or not.

The attached sampling of real cases are included to illustrate the insight that the Satanic Footprint can bring. The result is very clear:

SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR R.HARRIS CASE 1990:-....

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them. NO :
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices/eat human body parts. NO : 
Satanists Murder children and  adults. NO :
Satanists Cage or imprison victims. NO : 
Satanists Kill and  torture Animals NO :
Satanists forcibly induce abortions. YES: 
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults.YES:
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands.NO : 
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO : 
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO : 
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling NO : 
Satanists force victims into crime. NO : 
Satanists desecrate churches and  graveyards.NO :
Satanists kidnap victims.NO : 
Satanists conspire for society's collapse. NO.

HITS: 2 out of 16: No Major conditions met.


NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS:  
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes.NO : 
Satanists dance strange dances to music YES: 
Satanists use magic circles No : 
Satanists keep snakes YES: 
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies NO : 
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and  Woods. YES:
Satanists use candles.YES: 
Satanists use strange symbols and signs.YES:
Satanists keep their activities secret. ------- 

HITS: 5 out of 9 Majority of Minor criterion of suspicions met.
RESULT: CONCLUSIVELY NOT SATANIC

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SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR HAZEL PAUL CASE 1988:

Satanists breed children and then sacrifice them. NO : 
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and eat human body parts. NO : 
Satanists Murder children and adults. NO: 
Satanists Cage or imprison victims. NO : 
Satanists Kill and torture Animals NO : 
Satanists forcibly induce abortions. YES: 
Satanists sexually abuse children and adults. YES: 
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands. NO :
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO : 
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO : 
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling NO : 
Satanists force victims into crime. NO : 
Satanists desecrate churches and graveyards. NO : 
Satanists kidnap victims. NO : 
Satanists conspire for society's collapse. No:

HITS: 3 out of 16: No Major conditions met.

NON CRIMINAL INDICATIONS: 
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes. NO : 
Satanists dance strange dances to music NO : 
Satanists use magic circles NO : 
Satanists keep snakes NO: 
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies NO : 
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and Woods. YES: 
Satanists use candles.YES: 
Satanists use strange symbols and signs. YES: 
Satanists keep their activities secret. NO.

HITS: 3 out of 9 Minority of Minor criteria met.

RESULT: CONCLUSIVELY NOT SATANIC

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SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR BRIAN WILLIAMS CASE 1987:

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them.NO :
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and  eat human body parts.NO :
Satanists Murder children and  adults. NO :
Satanists Cage or imprison victims. NO :
Satanists Kill and torture Animals NO :
Satanists forcibly induce abortions.YES:
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults.YES:
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands.NO :
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO :
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO :
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling NO :
Satanists force victims into crime. NO :
Satanists desecrate churches and graveyards.NO :
Satanists kidnap victims. NO :
Satanistsconspire for society's collapse. NO:

7 HITS: 2 out of 16: No Major conditions met.

NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS: 
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes.NO :
Satanists dance strange dances to music NO :
Satanists use magic circles NO :
Satanists keep snakes YES:
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies NO :
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and  Woods. NO :
Satanists use candles.YES:
Satanists use strange symbols and  signs. YES:
Satanists keep their activities secret. NO:
HITS: 3 out of 9 Minority of Minor criteria met. 

RESULT: CONCLUSIVELY NOT SATANIC 

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SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR PETER MCKENZIE CASE 1989:

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them. NO :
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and  eat human body parts. NO :
Satanists Murder children and  adults. NO :
Satanists Cage or imprison victims. NO :
Satanists Kill and  torture Animals NO :
Satanists forcibly induce abortions. YES:
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults. YES:
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands. NO :
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO :
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO :
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling  NO :
Satanists force victims into crime. NO :
Satanists desecrate churches and  graveyards.NO :
Satanists kidnap victims. NO :
Satanists conspire for society's collapse. NO:

HITS: 2 out of 16: No Major conditions met.

NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS:
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes. NO :
Satanists dance strange dances to music YES:
Satanists use magic circles NO :
Satanists keep snakes YES:
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies  NO :
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and  Woods. NO :
Satanists use candles. YES:
Satanists use strange symbols and  signs. YES:
Satanists keep their activities secret. NO.

HITS: 4 out of 9 Minority of Minor criteria met.

 RESULT: CONCLUSIVELY NOT SATANIC

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A random application of the Satanic Footprint to other cases quoted byfundamentalists and pro-SRAMists as being 'conclusive' has given similar results. There is no doubt that the Footprint is one of the most important aids to deciphering the controversy of SRAM.

It must be borne in mind that the Satanic Footprint depends upon the application of CRIMINAL criteria which are supported by definite physical evidence. (i.e. bodies, murder weapons, blood stains,injuries, etc.) To avoid the hysteria, misinterpretation and prejudice which has hallmared the SRAM all allegations or suspicions which are non-evidential or which result from testimony of a suspect or unreliable witness can only be applied as a guide to the Non-Criminal indicators.

The Satanic Footprint is a measure of proveable fact, not opinion. It is destined for use in detection and investigation, not therapy. It is because too many people have judged a case by the applied rumour and suspicion which was generated around it that the SRA controversy caused so much damage and has reached this level of it complexity. As if to illustrate the dangers of ignoring thisrule we append comparison Footprints of the celebrated Broxtowe case. (the first alleged case of Satanic Ritual Child Abuse in the U.K. in 1988)

SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR NOTTINGHAM BROXTOWE CASE 1988:-
USING COURT RECORDS AND PROSECUTION EVIDENCE

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them. NO :
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and  eat human body parts. NO :
Satanists Murder children and  adults. NO :
Satanists Cage or imprison victims. NO :
Satanists Kill and  torture Animals YES:
Satanists forcibly induce abortions.YES:
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults. YES:
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands.NO :
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO :
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO :
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling NO :
Satanists force victims into crime. NO :
Satanists desecrate churches and  graveyards. NO :
Satanists kidnap victims. NO :
Satanists conspire for society's collapse.
----HITS: 3 out of 16: No Major conditions met.

NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS:
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes.YES:
Satanists dance strang e dances to music YES:
Satanists use magic circles YES:
Satanists keep snakes YES:
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies YES:
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and  Woods.YES:
Satanists use candles.YES:
Satanists use strange symbols and  signs. YES:
Satanists keep their activities secret Yes:
 HITS: 9 out of 9 100% of Minor criteria met.

 RESULT: INCONCLUSIVE BUT VERY CONVINCING

SATANIC FOOTPRINT FOR NOTTINGHAM BROXTOWE CASE 1988:--
USING CLAIMS BY TEAM 4 and FOSTER MOTHERS BASED ON CHILD QUESTIONING---

Satanists breed children and  then sacrifice them.YES:
Satanists drink human blood from sacrifices and  eat human body parts.NO :
Satanists Murder children and  adults. NO:
Satanists Cage or imprison victims.YES:
Satanists Kill and  torture Animals YES:
Satanists forcibly induce abortions. YES:
Satanists sexually abuse children and  adults.YES:
Satanists Threaten victims and use post hypnotic commands.YES:
Satanists administer hallucinogenic drugs to victims. NO :
Satanists force victims into prostitution NO :
Satanists force victims into drug-peddling NO :
Satanists force victims into crime.NO:
Satanists desecrate churches and  graveyards. YES:
Satanists kidnap victims.NO :
Satanists conspire with others for society's collapse. NO:

HITS: 7 out of 16: One Conclusive Condition achieved and a Minority of Major
conditions revealed.

NON-CRIMINAL INDICATIONS: ----
Satanists hide their identity with costumes, masks and/or robes.YES:
Satanists dance strange dances to music YES:
Satanists use magic circles YES: Satanists keep snakes YES:
Satanists conduct religious festivals or ceremonies YES:
Satanists frequent tunnels or Caves and  Woods.YES:
Satanists use candles. YES:
Satanists use strange symbols and  signs. YES:
Satanists keep their activities secret. Yes:
HITS: 9 out of 9 ALL Minor criteria met.

 RESULT: CONCLUSIVE SATANIC CONNECTION 100% SUSPICION RATING

This Footprint gives the clearest indication yet why Broxtowe case is crucial to the acceptance of S.R.A.M. Arguably the most perverted and extensive child abuse crimes in English history provoking emotional responses by the very nature of the allegations and the scope of the perversions. Although achieving 100% suspicion rating on both the first and second Non-Criminal Indications (top marks for any footprint so far run), the first(genuine) Footprint shows it to have scored LESS than the McKenzie case. The Satanic Footprint technique has clearly revealed the bias in the case. Ends:

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